Sir James Herbert Cory, 1st Baronet (2 February 1857 – 2 February 1933) was a Welsh politician and ship-owner. He was born at Padstow, the younger son of John Cory (founder of Cardiff-based firm – not to be confused with John Cory, founder of Barry Docks). Cory married twice, firstly to Elizabeth Hoskin Wills, with whom he had five children including Herbert George Donald Cory, who became the 2nd Baronet; Elizabeth died in 1908. He had two further daughters from his second marriage, to , who outlived him by over twenty years.